In a U.S. invested enterprise in China, the receptivity of Chinese employees to a participative work environment was …

China. Design/methodology/approach – The investigation, being of an exploratory nature, follows the tradition of a grounded … carried out with the assistance of Nvivo software. Findings – The forms of HR structures, especially China centre‐led HR …‐subsidiaries and between the subsidiary and the China centre. These forms of HR structure have also provided an essential foundation …

Describes the major problems facing China’s state‐owned enterprises (SOEs) from the human resources perspective and the …/C practices in Chinese SOEs are analyzed. Finally, the implications of applying western OD/C to China’s SOEs are discussed.  …

for mutual benefit for leadership and employees. A total of 200 managers working in organizations in Shanghai, China …

/methodology/approach – About 60 male and 60 female undergraduates majoring in management and recruited from universities in Guangzhou, China, were … conducted in China indicate that participants used their capacity of power to assist, encourage, and in other ways empower … that, even in high distant power societies like China, beliefs that power is expandable and cooperative goals both …

cross‐cultural leadership in joint ventures in China. Design/methodology/approach – The research question is how to … facilitate leader‐member relationships between foreign managers and Chinese employees in joint ventures in China. Two hypotheses … – Foreign managers working in joint ventures in China who develop strongly cooperative goals may be able to develop high quality …

Purpose – This paper explores the leadership profile of managers in China and in so doing identifies demographics … leadership in China and that even with the changes in the political and social systems in the last 60 years, the Chinese belief … in Confucianism is highly valued. Practical implications – China is undergoing dramatic changes and understanding China …